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Ecclesiastes 7:9

9 Do not be 1aeager in your heart to be angry,

For anger resides in the bosom of fools.

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Ecclesiastes 7:9 — The New International Version (NIV)

Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit,

for anger resides in the lap of fools.

Ecclesiastes 7:9 — English Standard Version (ESV)

Be not quick in your spirit to become angry,

for anger lodges in the heart of fools.

Ecclesiastes 7:9 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.

Ecclesiastes 7:9 — New Living Translation (NLT)

Control your temper,

for anger labels you a fool.

Ecclesiastes 7:9 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

Do not hasten in your spirit to be angry,

For anger rests in the bosom of fools.

Ecclesiastes 7:9 — New Century Version (NCV)

Don’t become angry quickly,

because getting angry is foolish.

Ecclesiastes 7:9 — American Standard Version (ASV)

Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry; for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.

Ecclesiastes 7:9 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

Be not hasty in thy spirit to be vexed; for vexation resteth in the bosom of fools.

Ecclesiastes 7:9 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

Don’t be quick to get angry, because anger is typical of fools.

Ecclesiastes 7:9 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

Don’t let your spirit rush to be angry,

for anger abides in the heart of fools.

Ecclesiastes 7:9 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

Do not be quick to anger,

for anger lodges in the bosom of fools.

Ecclesiastes 7:9 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

Do not be quick in your spirit to anger,

for anger lodges in the bosom of fools.

Ecclesiastes 7:9 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

Don’t become angry quickly.

Anger lives in the hearts of foolish people.


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